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!text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Novak Djokovic with Jannik Sinner inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>A \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d gesture that Novak Djokovic made to Jannik Sinner following his defeat to the Italian at Wimbledon has been revealed, and it speaks volumes about the respect between the pair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a>, the world No 1 and reigning Wimbledon champion, downed seventh seed and 24-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals at Wimbledon on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It was Sinner\u2019s sixth win in his last seven matches against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\">Djokovic<\/a>, and he now holds an overall 7-5 head-to-head lead against the Serbian. Djokovic won the pair\u2019s previous encounter in five sets in the Australian Open semi-finals in January.<\/p>\n<p>Following their latest showdown on Centre Court, Sinner and Djokovic shared a warm embrace at the net.<\/p>\n<p>Rennae Stubbs, a winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles, saw the pair meet again shortly after the match.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Twitter\/X, Stubbs wrote:\u00a0\u201cJust saw @DjokerNole walk into the gym and congratulate Jannik\u2019s entire team and Jannik again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe behind the scenes things you learn about players and their respect for each other is always so nice to see.<\/p>\n<h2>Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/kyle-edmund-exclusive-tennis-rule-change-warmup-wimbledon\"><strong>Kyle Edmund doubles down on calls for a radical tennis rule change at Wimbledon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-explains-what-he-finds-really-annoying-about-the-media-after-his-wimbledon-defeat-to-jannik-sinner\"><strong>Novak Djokovic explains what he finds really annoying about the media after his Wimbledon defeat to Jannik Sinner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to both for a wonderful match. @janniksin just too good today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stubbs, who is the current coach of Serena Williams, also shed light on a Sinner practice session before his semi-final win against Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas on the practice court yesterday next to Jannik [Sinner] and he must have served for a minimum of 30\/40 minutes,\u201d said the Australian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obvious that he knew how important the serve was. He\u2019s reaping the benefits of that work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get great by being lazy and not having the attention to detail to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, who celebrated his 39th birthday in May, was aiming to become the oldest Grand Slam singles champion in tennis history.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner is seeking his fifth major title, and the 24-year-old will face world No 3 Alexander Zverev in the championship match at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<p>In his post-match press conference, Sinner was asked if his performance against Djokovic was his best of the tournament so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I think mentally I knew that I need to level up. I\u2019ve done it today. It helped me, for sure,\u201d said Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked very hard in the past couple of days having a good rhythm. Also, thanks to my team to put also the body and the mind in the position to be as competitive as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst Novak, if you want to play even, you need to play your best tennis. I came out, was serving very well today, which helped me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings could have gone in a very tough way if he breaks me in the third set, because that\u2019s how tennis is. But I\u2019m happy that I handled the situations as good as I could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, Novak is so, so tough to play against because you always feel the pressure. You know it\u2019s not easy. But yeah, I\u2019m happy about today\u2019s performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wimbledon\/andy-roddick-hits-back-at-ridiculous-novak-djokovic-suggestion\">Andy Roddick hits back at \u2018ridiculous\u2019 Novak Djokovic suggestion<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic\u2019s \u2018behind the scenes\u2019 gesture to Jannik Sinner after Wimbledon match revealed Ewan West 12 Jul 2026 9:46 AM Novak Djokovic with Jannik Sinner inset A \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d gesture that Novak Djokovic made to Jannik Sinner following his defeat to the Italian at Wimbledon has been revealed, and it speaks volumes about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2039528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2039528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2039528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2039528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2039528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}